History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes    Mark Twain Sometimes it's kind of cute and funny when life imitates art. Other times it's damn near terrifying, and this is one of those times Trump's actions over the last few...
It's an Orwellian axiom that "who controls the present, controls the past and who controls the past, controls the future." There is no better device to control the present and the flow of information than the internet, and the...
It's not quite a plague of locusts or breaking out in boils but it could be a sign from on high. https://twitter.com/mattyhoyeCNN/status/1037085497808576512 Perhaps not coincidentally, it happened the same day as Brett Kavanaugh’s warm reception in Congress, plus Bob Woodward’s book...
This shit is going to put me out of business. The best description of the job of a comedian is "One who finds and exposes the absurdity in the mundane." But what happens to guys like me when what...
Raw Story now confirms a new report that Rod Rosenstein, everyone's favorite Deputy Attorney General (everyone outside the WH), wasn't played at all, with respect to Trump and the firing of Comey. Rosenstein knows enough that it could conceivably...
Brett Kavanaugh apparently had a pretty wild youth, going from one drunken revel and sexual assault to another. Ronan Farrow, the New Yorker: A third male student then exposed himself to her. “I remember a penis being in front of...
The Biden White House certainly has a penchant for installing as Press Secretary remarkable women who possess an hilarious ability to deflate the inanity of right-leaning reporters asking stupid questions for their equally imbecilic fake news outlets with oh...
It’s an interesting fact of Washington life that the Counselor to the President, Kellyanne Conway, is married to a man who makes no bones about describing her boss as a narcissist and a fool. https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1081603367032508417 https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1081216447869792257 That’s George Conway’s take. Now here’s...
Where would we be without the depth of insight of Ted Cruz? Answer: anywhere would be an improvement. Here is the Texas Senator's take on the political demise of his buddy John Bolton. Of course, it's not Donald Trump's...
This is going to get down and dirty this week. The House Oversight Committee calling Kellyanne Conway to testify isn't just about whether Conway gets to violate the Hatch Act with impunity. The larger issue is whether Trump's minions...

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